NASA's Artemis I launch rescheduled after initial attempt scrubbed
After a thwarted attempt earlier this week, NASA will try to launch its next-generation megarocket Saturday on a test flight to the moon.
After a thwarted attempt earlier this week, NASA will try to launch its next-generation megarocket Saturday on a test flight to the moon, agency officials announced Tuesday.
The debut flight of NASA's uncrewed Space Launch System (SLS) rocket was scheduled to take place Monday, but the launch was called off after engineers encountered a temperature problem with one of the booster's core-stage engines as the rocket was being loaded with propellant.
Mission manager Mike Sarafin said in a news briefing Tuesday that teams have been investigating the issue at the launch pad and the agency will be ready to try the test flight, known as Artemis I, again this weekend.
What’s next for NASA’s Artemis 1 mission after delayed launchAug. 30, 202202:58NASA is now targeting a two-hour launch window Saturday at Florida's Kennedy Space Center, beginning at 2:17 p.m. EDT.
John Honeycutt, manager of the Space Launch System Program at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, said the problem may have been a faulty sensor on the rocket, but added that changes will be made to the fueling process on Saturday.
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